A decade or so ago, India’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry was infamous for its record-high attrition levels. Now, the country’s technology startup industry has taken over that mantle.
India’s smartphone users have no brand loyalty whatsoever.
Who said Indians love all things cheap?
In February last year, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, a 33-year-old techie of Indian-origin, was gunned down in a racist attack in Kansas, US. “Get out of my country,” his shooter had yelled.
Indian ride-hailing startup Ola is driving into new countries like there’s no tomorrow.
India’s food-delivery industry, brimming again with funds, will need to do much more to survive in the long run than just consolidate.
Companies in Donald Trump’s America have become more and more wary of bringing in foreign talent.
Beyond investing billions of dollars in its own India arm, Amazon seems to have other plans for the country, too.
The over $38 billion Indian e-commerce sector’s free run may be ending.
India’s move to provide its citizens with comprehensive data protection rights may need a few rounds of relook before it can be considered effective.
Nearly 23 million children are out of school in Pakistan. Rohayl Varind wanted to bring them back.
The Donald Trump administration is shutting the doors on Indian immigrants, but there’s one exception.
The Donald Trump administration’s crackdown on work visas is hitting Indians disproportionately hard.
The weaponisation of social media platforms like WhatsApp to spread fake news will gather momentum as India enters an election year.
Google has already delivered several India-specific innovations such as a lighter version of its Android operating system and the option to search in local languages. But the company wants to do more.
Android may rule 90% of the Indian smartphone market today, but the firm that introduced Indians to the operating system a decade ago has almost disappeared.
Indians forward more messages, photos, and videos on WhatsApp than people of any other country. But the app now plans to bring in some restrictions on these to curb the menace of fake and provocative messages.
There’s never been a better time to say “Hello!” in India.
India is getting serious about embracing innovation. And the spurt in the number of patents issued in the country reflects that trend.
American companies innovate better with immigrant workers.
India’s elite engineering colleges are worth their weight in gold.
Last year, Tharigopula Sambasiva Rao entered into a deal with the state government of Andhra Pradesh. He gave up six acres of his agricultural land in his village, Sakhamuru, in exchange for 7,250 square yards—6,000 square yards of residential plots and 1,250 square yards of commercial ones.
Indians have full control over the data they share online and the right to decide how this information can be used by companies, the country’s telecom regulator has said.
Running a sale on an e-commerce portal in India is tough. Given the massive demand, most such events experience website crashes and app failures.
